The Russian authorities are leaving no stone unturned in an effort to rid the
country of Nazi propaganda before the 70th anniversary next week of the
defeat of Hitler’s Germany.

Police have raided more than 1,700 shops selling books, toys and antiques in
Moscow alone. A museum in the far east of the country has censored its own
exhibition, and a journalist has been prosecuted for posting a historic
photograph of Nazi soldiers in her home city online.

Among the offending items seized was a chess set with the black pieces
representing officers and soldiers of the Third Reich and